We have a close look at the Marvel 2016 toys for Marvel Avengers Civil War, Spider-man, Marvel Legends. We also look at the Titan Heroes figures with new Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow for 12″ scale.

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BB-9E is the cool new Star Wars droid revealed as a remote-control Sphero robot with Force Link wearable Star Wars tech from Hasbro. Click through to read all of "BB-9E and R2-D2 Join BB-8 as Sphero Star Wars Droids" at GeekDad.If you value content from GeekDad, please support us via Patreon or use this link […]

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Disney Infinity 3.0 is now confirmed and includes play-sets and characters from all the Star Wars movies. It also improves cross-franchise compatibility and offers additional play-sets for Inside Out and Marvel. The main event here is of course the Star Wars content. Disney Infinity 3.0 breaks this down into three play-sets supported: - Star Wars: […]

Collectors of minifigures rejoice (or weep), a new collection of The Simpsons Minifigures (Series 2) are about to hit shops in the UK. We’ll see new versions of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie along with first appearances of Comic Book Guy, Groundskeeper Willie, sisters Paddy and Selma, Smithers and Dr. Hibbert. In addition some […]

Relax: The digital age is not wrecking your kid’s brain, is Dr Richard A. Friedman’s headline in a recent New York Times article about technology’s impact on childhood. The article highlights that many reports that conclude to have proven a link between video game and technology use and anxiety are in fact proving correlation rather than […]

The British Academy Games Awards are presented annually to recognise, honour and reward outstanding creative achievement in Games. The awards categories reflect the wealth and diversity of the games sector. They started in 2004 and are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). For parents they are a great way of […]

Family Gamer's Andy Robertson remembers the good old days of waggle.Parents are notoriously bad for being sentimental. Whether it’s watching Monty Python, playing Tetris on the Game Boy or buying sweets by the ounce, I often catch myself getting more excited about introducing my children to the things I loved from my childhood than actually […]

Andy Robertson has a new console in the house.Putting the Nintendo Switch in front of the kids was a fascinating experiment. They had, of course, heard of the console but beyond that knew very little about it. So far Nintendo aren't again the talk of the playground - although give it a few months and […]